Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-05-07
In MEMORlAM.
MRS. LUCINDA ADELINE GERHARDT.


1t is sweet to cherish the memory
of the good. There are some lives
which are an abiding benediction.
Death itself proves friend to these
royal ones and holds up to view and
sweet remembrance the beauty and
virtue from which has hitherto been
held merited recognition. Yes, Death
gives while He takes away.
What rich legacy have we in this
life which SO recently found so tri-
umphant a close! Beautiful scene !!
How sweet that repose of faith That
chamber was truly the gate of heaven.
There was no fear, no Impotence.
All was peace. " LAS the Lord will, !"
she said and then quietly passed into
the "valley of the shadow" In the
presence of loved ones, and surround
ed with all the comfort which the
ministration of loving hearts could
devise our sister fell asleep, and pass
ed into the mansions prepared above
by her Lord and Savior.
Mrs. Gerhardt was the beloved wife
of Rev. Prof. William Gerhardt, DID,,
of Martinsburg, w. Va, and was born
in Adams Co., Pa, January 2, 1927,
daughter of Barnabas and Mary Riley.
She died in Martinsburg, W. Va, on
che morning of 14th day of April, 1887 !;
and the funeral services largely at
tended, took place from st. Johns
Lutheran Church of which she was an
active member, on the 10Th. The
scripture selections were the 23d Psalm
and fifth chapter of Second Corinthi-
ans, both being of special comfort to
her during her illness, and of her own
choice. There was also read as peculi-
arly appropriate to the occasion Matt.
25:31-40. The text was Matt. 2S:6-
"Come see the place where the Lord
lay" We then gently laid her to rest
in Greenhill Cemetery till Christ
shall come in glorious majesty to judge
the quick and the dead"
Mrs. Gerhardt became member of
the Lutheran Church at an early age,
was confirmed by Rev. B. Keller of
blessed memory, having had the rare
privilege of catechetical instruction
under his faithful ministry; and she
adorned her profession by godly,
devoted, and faithful Christian life.
Unassuming in her manner, she
was nevertheless ready for every good
word and work, whether as PASTORS
wife or in the less prominent relation
of the last years of her life, as men,
Der simply of st. Johns. Many will
rise up to call her blessed /; for she was
a true friend of the needy, and her
many acts of kindness and charity are
still fresh in the memory ofthe living.
Her sympathies were warm and large,
and a wide circle of mourning friends
mingled in fearful affection with the
weeping relatives in the sad rites of
burial.
The congregation, of which she was
so true and devoted member, feel
deeply her removal from their num-
Der. Her place will not soon be filed.
In health she was faithful and regu-
lar attendant upon all the services !;
and toward her pastor she was an un-
failing helper and friend. She was
jealous in the organization of the
Woman's and Foreign Missionary
Society of st. Johns and was unani-
mously made it's president, and was
also chosen by the society as delegate
to the general convention on several
occasions. " Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord from henceforth; yea
saith the spirit, they do stfrom labor,
and their works do follow them"
GAS the stars forever and ever"
Dan. 1913
"There isl death the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in heavens jewelled crown
They shine for evermore."
So we shall think of our dear depart
ed sister. The Christian cannot die.
May her example be an inspiration to
all her sorrowing friends! H.